Luke,

No, I definitely mean 2026. This is not to understate the importance of this year (which I think I did a good job highlighting in the piece), but to me the future date provides us an aspirational goal and an organizing timeframe for this process of democratic renewal, and as such is more important.

I think the romanticism of the 250-year anniversary has the potential to be a powerful motivator—never underestimate Americans’ sentimentality and patriotism when it comes to symbols of the first Revolution.